Is there a quick way generate 16 random numbers each iteration with no duplicates?

Can someone give me an example of how to use collections.shuffle on an ArrayList so that I can generate 16 non-repeating random numbers....er I mean "random" numbers. I've read up on generating non-repeating random numbers but it just complicated things (Like someone pointing out that non-repeating random numbers are not technically random because random numbers do repeat. *face to palm* For ****'s sake ok? *simulates blowing his brains out*

Yah, ok I get that it's not random, but you know what I am getting at, yeah? Random numbers from a declining population...however you want to think about it.

And besides, it IS random...the sequence will not be random, but each iteration the selection of a number (from a narrowing range) is random so forgive my sloppy terminology...grrr...you get the point...I'm trying to write a little proggie that will display 16 images on the screen in a 4x4 array but each iteration the order of the cards or images is random. I would really appreciate any help. What's the best way to go about this? I have searched and like I said I found info including "shuffle" but it gets vague and could not find good examples. I want to know how to drive a car and I found explanations of internal combustion, ya know what I mean? Cheers.

Dick Hammer wrote:Can someone give me an example of how to use collections.shuffle on an ArrayList so that I can generate 16 non-repeating random numbers....er I mean "random" numbers. I've read up on generating non-repeating random numbers but it just complicated things (Like someone pointing out that non-repeating random numbers are not technically random because random numbers do repeat. *face to palm* For ****'s sake ok? *simulates blowing his brains out* Yah, ok I get that it's not random, but you know what I am getting at, yeah? Random numbers from a declining population...however you want to think about it. And besides, it IS random...the sequence will not be random, but each iteration the selection of a number (from a narrowing range) is random so forgive my sloppy terminology...grrr...you get the point...I'm trying to write a little proggie that will display 16 images on the screen in a 4x4 array but each iteration the order of the cards or images is random. I would really appreciate any help. What's the best way to go about this? I have searched and like I said I found info including "shuffle" but it gets vague and could not find good examples. I want to know how to drive a car and I found explanations of internal combustion, ya know what I mean? Cheers.

Not sure what to explain, as it is straightforward -- just put all 16 unique image objects into a list collection. And then call the shuffle() method of the Collections class to randomly shuffle it into a different order.

Henry

Please look at this thread about a similar problem.